And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
God rides upon a cherub and flies, yea flies upon the wings of the wind. The image expresses His swift, powerful intervention in overwhelming heavenly power. It belongs to the psalmist's account of distress and God's response, describing God coming down amid darkness and storm to hear and act in answer to distress. The surrounding account is applied to Christ's suffering and death.
The verse shows God moving and ruling upon the wind and setting the decree for the sea, with the order of nature under His rule as ruler of nations. He governs wind and water through mighty angels who at His bidding hold back winds and waves from destroying. He held back wind and tempest and piled up the sea to make a path for Israel out of Egypt, then let the waters return to destroy Pharaoh and his host. The same shielding power still spares travelers from accident, lightning, tempest, and death at sea while proud vessels sink, and those so preserved should bow in gratitude to God.
God rides upon a cherub and flies, yea flies upon the wings of the wind. The image expresses His swift, powerful intervention in overwhelming heavenly power. It belongs to the psalmist's account of distress and God's response, describing God coming down amid darkness and storm to hear and act in answer to distress. The surrounding account is applied to Christ's suffering and death.
The verse shows God moving and ruling upon the wind and setting the decree for the sea, with the order of nature under His rule as ruler of nations. He governs wind and water through mighty angels who at His bidding hold back winds and waves from destroying. He held back wind and tempest and piled up the sea to make a path for Israel out of Egypt, then let the waters return to destroy Pharaoh and his host. The same shielding power still spares travelers from accident, lightning, tempest, and death at sea while proud vessels sink, and those so preserved should bow in gratitude to God.